Test and measurement companies are expanding their support for specs coming from the MIPI Alliance, which establishes standards for mobile device hardware and software interfaces.
Tektronix said it has the first physical layer transmitter characterization and debugging solution for the new MIPI M-Phy v3.1 specification...
Spirent Communications released the latest results from its ongoing analysis of customer experience on LTE networks in the United Kingdom, including new data from a dozen cities. They ranked O2 as the top U.K. operator for customer experience.
This is the second round of the...
The test and measurement space is one that has seen a significant amount of consolidation over the years. But even as some companies combine through mergers and acquisitions, others are becoming pure-play wireless-focused test companies, such as Agilent Technologies' spinoff of Keysight Technologies, and...
Editor's Note:Â The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
—Test and measurement company Ixia has named a new president...
Editor's Note:Â The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--This week I spoke with Spirent Communications' Guy Merrit, VP...
 Editor's Note: The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot.
--EXFO has acquired Aito Technologies, which provides customer experience...
The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless News looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot. Â
--Agilent Technologies has had a busy week. The company said it...
The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what’s afoot. Â
-- Ixia continues to navigate the fallout from the resignation of...
The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot. Â
- Spirent Communications demonstrated its new Spirent Velocity virtal lab environment for...
The ability to test network and device features and functions is an important piece of technology development and deployment. RCR Wireless looks weekly at the test and measurement space to see what's afoot. Â
--Agilent Technologies says it now has the industry's first LTE-Advanced uplink...
A new benchmarking study of five commercially available LTE smartphones relied on over-the-air testing to spotlight data performance differences among them, and put Motorola Mobility's Moto X on top in OTA data performance measures.
The independent study was a collaboration of Signals Research Group, test...
JDSU's CellAdvisor JD780AÂ Base Station Analyzer series now supports LTE-Advanced with the ability to analyze up to five
component carriers for carrier aggregation, and MIMO with up to four transmitting branches.
JDSU has also added basic PIM detection, so that a tech can tell whether interference is...
Ixia continues to deal with the fallout of its former CEO falsifiying his credentials. The company is going over its recent financials with a fine-toothed comb -- although it says it has so far found no impact on its financial statements. Victor Alston resigned...
Spirent Communications said that independent lab Intertek's wireless device testing business has chosen its 8100 Mobile Device Test System for Voice over LTE/IMS testing as operators prepare for the roll-out of VoLTE. The company's portfolio includes test solutions for areas including IMS, RCS, audio quality,...
Spirent Communication's equipment was used to support China's first public OpenFlow interoperability test event in China at the Global SDN Certified Testing Center (SDNCTC), a subsidiary of the Beijing Internet Institute.
More than 10 software-defined networking vendors participated in the event; Spirent's TestCenter was used...
Spirent Communications says that the launch of Voice over LTE service is "imminent," and has integrated its field testing solution with lab systems for call quality and device testing, so that carriers and mobile device suppliers can use the same testing system in live...
Tektronix Communications says its new Spectra2 XL3 test solution can test more than 400,000 simultaneous, bi-directional G.711 IP-based calls while taking up only a single, two-unit rack space.
The company is aiming to cut operators' and manufacturers' capex and opex costs for testing IMS and...
Ixia saw its revenue for the second quarter grow 28% to $115.9 million, with much of the increase attributed to two acquisitions rather than its core products.Â
Revenues for the same period in 2012 were $90.7 million. Ixia said that its recent acquisitions of Anue...
Testing for LTE devices continues to evolve, with Spirent Communications' announcement of the availability of validated LTE location conformance tests for GCF certification for "every mobile device that supports LTE Positioning Protocol defined by the 3GPP for LTE networks."
The tests have been available on...
Anritsu has received confirmation from the Global Certification Forum of protocol test cases for LTE-Advanced, and the company is aiming at the test market for China with its  ME7834 Mobile Device Test Platform with validated protocol conformance test cases for TD-LTE, including interoperability tests.
TD-LTE...
Carrier aggregation is picking up speed. Several test companies have now announced submissions for validation and other testing for the eagerly anticipated LTE-Advanced feature. The first LTE-A device supporting CA was announced this week, when Qualcomm revealed that its Snapdragon chip is powering the...
Microwave Vision Group launched a new antenna measurement test system for "4G" devices, with up to three-times faster measurement capabilities and a broader dynamic range in passive antenna measurement mode.
The new SG 24 system is compliant with CTIA OTA performance specs, for testing mobile...
 Ixia announced new products for validating and testing the resiliency of enterprise networks, including the ability to simulate a data center rack of virtualized servers.
The company's new RackSim is an industry first, according to Ixia, and simulates all the complexities of a rack of...
Rohde & Schwarz has launched  a new flagship test product, the R&S SMW200A high-end vector signal generator.
The box combines a baseband generator, RF generator and MIMO fading simulator, with the options of hooking up an additional RF path for frequencies up to 6 GHz,...
